Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



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c. KILBYU'RN. WARnno'BE BEDSTEAD..

N. PETERS. FHOTD-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES eHENEY KILRURN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR To HIMsELE, HENRY s. HALE, ARTEMUs KILBURN, WARREN HALE, oF sAME PLAGE.

PATENT FEICE J. WARREN HALE, ANDk IMPRQVEMENT lN-wARDRoB-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,450, dated August 22, 1876 applicationfiled June 28, 1876.'

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, CHENEY KILBURN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Wardrobe-Bedsteads, of which the following is a speciiication My invention relates to certain improvements in the folding bedstead for which -Letters Patent No. 148,940 were granted to E. E. Everitt on March 24, 1874:; and the ob- `jects of my improvements are to afford facilities for the raising and lowering of the bed-frame and foot-board, and to make proper provision for the support of the pillows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a vertical section of my improved folding bedstead in an elevated position; Fig. 2, the same when depressed Fig. 3, a sectional plan ofpart ofthe bedstead, and Fig. 4 a section on line l 2.

A is the stationary portion of the bedstead, consisting of the back c and hollow base b, and in the latter is formed a receptacle, d. To a shaft, or, in the base bis hinged the movable portion of the bedstead, consisting of the box-like bed-frame B and the foot-board D, the latter being hinged at y to the end of the bed-frame, and having legs e.

When the movable portion of the structure is elevated thebed-frame forms the front and sides, and the foot-board the entablature of a cabinet, which may be made in the form of a wardrobe, as described in the above-mentioned patent of Everitt. Y

To the inside of each of the side bars f j of'the bed-frame is attached an arm, G, and each arm has a segmentalrecess, fi, the center of which coincides with the center of the shaft to, and into the recesses of the segments are introduced the ends of a series of bars, H, which together form a counter-weight for the movable portion of the structure, on which, however, the weight has the differential effect which I will proceed to explain.

When the bed-frame is depressed, as shown in Fig. 2, the weight is partly above and partly below a horizontal line drawn through the center of the pivot w, so that the weight exerts its full, or nearly full, effect on the frame. Hence, a very slight effort is required to elevate the outer end of the movable portion of the structure. As the latter is raised, however, the eect of the weight decreases, and continues to decrease until the bed-frame is raised to the position shown in Fig. l, when there is a slight preponderance of the Weight to the right of va vertical line drawn through the center of the pivot oo, to maintain the said bed-frame in a vertical position.

yThe advantages of this manner of arranging the weight are as follows First, in commencing to raise the movable portion of the structure a very slight effort is required 5 second, when this portion of the structure is nearly elevated there is no fear of its being brought into violent contact with the permanent portion of the structure, as the effect of the weight` is nearly spent by the time the bed-frame has been folded up; third, very little effort is required to pull down the mova- A ble portion of the structure, as the weight in `the first instance presents but slight resist- The weight may be made in one piece; ,but y I prefer to make it of anumber'of bars, as they are easy to handle, and can be more readily applied than a single weight.

When the movable portion of the structurel is folded down, as shown in Fig. 2, there is an open space communicating with the interior of the base of the permanent portion of the structure. This opening I cover with an apron,

vJ, the rear edge of which is fastened to the head-board a, and the two front corners to the opposite sides f f' of the bed-frame; or the front edge of the apron may be secured to the ticking of the mattress, so that when thelatter is depressed the apron will serve as a support for the pillows. The apron presents no obstacle to the turning up of the bed-frame.

I claim as my invention, and as an improvement on the Everitt bedsteadl. The combination, in a folding bedstead, 3. The apron J, combined with `the headof the pivoted and movable portion BD, with a weight, the greater portion of which is above, and the lesser portion below, a horizontal line drawn through the center of the pivotxwhen the bed-frame is depressed, all as set forth.

2. The combination of the bed-frame with the arms G, their segmental recessesand the weighting-bars H, as specified.

board, substantiallyas set forth. i n

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHENEY KILBURN.` Witnesses: Y t

HARRY HoWsoN, Jr., HURERrHoWsoN. 

